Course Overview

Agile Project Management aims to integrate project management into organizations to optimize value sustainably. Agile emphasizes flexibility, adaptation, and cross-functional collaboration. The three key elements are collaboration, focus on business value, and quality.

Agile Methodology

Agile is an iterative approach to software development that emphasizes continuous releases and customer feedback. It’s a time-constrained approach focusing on incremental development rather than a single final delivery. Agile helps teams respond quickly to feedback, assess project direction during development, and deliver quality products within constraints.

This Xcelerate training course will consequently succinctly equip you with the skills to assimilate concepts and develop a contextual interpretation of how your organization can ensure a flexible and adaptable environment in multi-sectoral arenas.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this Agile Project Management Course, participants will be able to:

• Learn how to encapsulate Agile Project Management methodology and principles in their respective organizational environments
• It will also encourage insight into the primary strategic objectives of the organization and how these impact on attainment of value adding products and software
• Discover how to assimilate prerequisites pertaining to the implementation of Agile project management principles into a contextual framework of localized objectives
• Learn and practice how to consistently and constructively deliver on all your organization’s relevant primary objectives pertaining to the course content
• Recognize how to spot and avoid common errors when reviewing existing project management methodologies
• Acquire an understanding of the principles, procedure and protocol pertaining to the implementation of Agile Project Management methodology including its potential and impact
• Display knowledge and understanding of the main sources of project management methodology and how it is used to streamline organizational efficiency and simultaneously optimize value extraction
• Identify and critically evaluate the main weaknesses of procedure and protocol pertaining to current project management methodology in your organization
• Understand the roles, functions and responsibilities of various actors, organizations, and institutions in the Agile Project Management genre

Training Methodology

This interactive Agile Project Management Certification Course will comprise the following training methods:

• Presentation
• Assignments
• Case Studies & Functional Exercises
• Questionnaires

Xcelerate Training Institute follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organizational Benefits

Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this Agile Project Management Certification Course can benefit in the following ways:

• Benefit from training your employees on the definition and importance of Agile Project Management in as far as it bears applicability to retention of consistent product value and flexibility in terms of adaptability
• Learn how Agile Project Management principles will facilitate the attainment of your organization’s core purpose, values, mission and vision
• Focus and direct your efforts on quality and product flexibility to suit the consistently changing requirements of the software market
• Improve productivity by teaching your staff about the critical necessity to always remain aware of emerging market perceptions and trends
• Achieve improved synergy in the organization thus elevating employee morale and increasing productivity
• Critically conduct a gap analysis and performance audit of your organizational capacity in terms of compliance with the expounded principles enunciated supra

Personal Benefits

The Agile Project Management Course will benefit you in the following ways:

• Improve your performance through higher efficiency and greater worker productivity by being aware of the implications and extracted sustainable value emanating from compliance with principles of agile project management methodology
• Engage in constructive discussions pertaining to the topic thus resulting in improved organizational capacity and overall communication

• Contextualize and assimilate a practical understanding of the impact of the application of agile project management principles in your organization
• Display knowledge and understanding of the main principles pertaining to Agile Project Management
• Recognizes the roles, functions and responsibilities of various actors, organizations, and institutions in the implementation of Agile Project Management methodology
• Identify and critically evaluate the main weaknesses of existing project management processes and procedures within your organization

• Get an opportunity to work through hands-on role-plays and case studies in detail to gain the skills needed to effectively utilize Agile Project Management in your organization

Target Audience

This Agile Project Management Course would be best suited for:

• Project Management Professionals
• Executive Managers
• Change Management staff
• Organizational Development staff
• Business Process Re-engineering consultants
• Human resources personnel and public servants who want to deepen their expertise in this specific issue
• All individuals whose responsibilities include the implementation of project plans especially for the improvement of broader organizational strategic objectives

Course Outline

INTRODUCTION TO AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• History
• Approach
• Principles
• Philosophy
• Values
• The pillars of SCRUM and SCRUM values
• Link between Project Management and Strategic Planning
• Understanding the nexus between Agile, Budgeting & Strategic Planning
• Principles of Agile Project Management

FLEXIBILITY WITH AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Project Oversight
• Project Integration
• Organization wide lateral perspective
• Influencing
• Agile Management
• Potential
• Context
• The intercept between Agile Project Management, Strategic Planning & Budget (Case Study)

AGILE: INTEGRAL COMPONENTS

• SCRUM Events
• SCRUM event setup
• Analytical Capability
• Scenario Planning
• Extrapolation using Statistical juxtaposition
• Agile Business: Monitoring & Evaluation
• Agile Risk Projection & Planning

AGILE: OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES

• Using Agile in the real world
• Application of Agile Project Management Principles
• Project Initiation
• Risk Prediction & Contingency Planning
• Process
• Evaluation
• Timeline
• Budget

PROJECT AGILE EXECUTION

• Realizing and Harnessing Resources
• Resource Deployment
• Exploring Partnerships
• Developing Networking
• Agile and susceptibility to change
• Distinguishing Agile from Waterfall
• Assignment: Using Agile Project Management to predict & prepare for change: Pros & Cons
• Case Study: Contextualizing and adapting Agile Project Management: A systemic approach

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLLOUT

• The four values of the Agile Manifesto
• 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto
• Adopting an Agile mindset
• Initiation
• Applying Agile in a VUCA Environment
• Blending Project Management Approaches
• Case Study: Resource Co-ordination and Deployment using Agile (An Integrated Approach)

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION

• The Spotify Model
• Assignment: Critical Analysis: Kanban, XP & Lean
• Change Assimilation & Integration using Agile
• Integrating Situation Specific Requirements
• Case Study Construction: Mapping Reality
• Implementation & Rollout Readiness Questionnaire
• The DSDM Agile Project Management Framework